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[Photograph 2012.201.B0394.0455]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rodney Mullinax, left, president of the Claremore FFA chapter, hands a stone from the Will Rogers memorial to Gary Jones, davenport, state FFA vice-president, to be a part of a memorial gateway at the new national FFA headquarters at Alexandria, Va."
Date: July 21, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Proper Drainage Needed

Description: Photograph of an area in need of proper drainage showing effects of concentrated from a rain of only 1 to 1.5 inches. The county road is nearly impassable due to water. A group drainage project is needed to overcome this high water problem due to the number of land owners involved.
Date: July 21, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigated Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of cutting alfalfa with swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigated with sprinklers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope, Soil Unit 8 and 9.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Floodwater Retarding Structure Site No. 10

Description: Photograph of Site 10, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Work started on 2-28-56 and was completed on 6-20-56 by the Paul R. Moody Construction Co. of Pauls Valley, Okla. Drainage area 303 acres, sediment pool storage 20 acre feet, sediment pool area 5 acres, flood pool storage 115. 5 acre feet, estimated cost $17,319. 00, annual benefit to the downstream flood plain $1,222. 00, benefit cost ratio of 1. 77/1. Earth spillway in background with drawdown structure near the center of the… more
Date: July 21, 1956
Creator: McCray, V. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0950.0049]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City University has been picked as host for the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities for a statewide educational workshop November 7 and 8. Dean Stanley B. Niles is state chairman for the group."
Date: July 21, 1952
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Floodwater Retarding Structure Site No. 9

Description: Photograph of site no. 9, Owl Creek subwatershed of the Washita River. Construction work completed on June 20, 1956 by the Paul R. Moody Construction Co. , Contractor. Drainage area 404 acres. Sediment pool storage 17 acre feet. Flood pool storage 155 acre feet. Estimated cost $21,838. 00. Benefit cost ratio 1. 92:1. From the west end of the embankment looking NE.
Date: July 21, 1956
Creator: McCray, V. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Irrigated Alfalfa

Description: Photograph of irrigated alfalfa. Cutting alfalfa with swather. Swather mows and swaths in a single operation. Alfalfa was irrigted with sprinklers and will make 60 bales per acre from this second cutting. Class I land, 1% slope, soil unit 8 and 9.
Date: July 21, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1209.0422]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "New Mexico is where the Hollywood location action is, with the current picture being National General's " The Cheyenne Social Club."
Date: July 21, 1957
Creator: King, Cliff
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0956.0047]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The Nuyaka Baptist Church at Nuyaka in Okmulgee County has been named Rural Church of the Year for 1954 in the Town and Country Church Development program sponsored by Emory University of Georgia and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation."
Date: July 21, 1954
Creator: Spring, Kent
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0967.0134]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rising steadily is this reinforced concrete structure that will eventually be the new $3 1 / 2 millions Oklahoma headquarters for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. at NW 6 and Robinson."
Date: July 21, 1958
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1237.0238]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sharp-eyed shooters from Tinker AFB's air police are awarded medals by their base commander, Col. J. Clark Selman, right. He pins one medal on A-1c William H. Turner for his marksmanship, and S-Sgt. Angelo Moreno awaits his turn, as they both finished with high placings at a Warner-Robins AFB tournament in May."
Date: July 21, 1959
Creator: United States. Air Force.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Mr. C. F. Cornelius, member of the board of supervisors of the Little River Soil Conservation District, retired a few years back as a construction engineer for the Stanolind Oil Company, but he still likes to build. He constructed this fine water tank at the cost of only $14.26 in materials and labor. He gets water from a running spring. Lifting water 8 feet in 1 ¼ inch pipe using a 2 ½ horsepower motor (gasoline). The tank is of concrete, 8 ½ feet in diameter and 22 ½ inches deep… more
Date: July 21, 1950
Creator: Putnam, Jack
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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